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We have one room in our old house that’s just best heated by a space heater the few weeks of the years it’s needed.We had an oil filled radiator type…

Hi,I'm  pretty new to home owning, and VERY new to fixing and building stuff, and I LOVE this GBA site as a learning resource since I discovered it recently.Most  of…

Hey all,im building set of 4’x8’ carriage doors. What materials should  I be using to build the windows? I’ve seen corrugated greenhouse plastic used, as well as plexiglass etc. never…

My existing exterior walls (going from inside to out) have spray foam in a 2 x6 wall cavity (no sheathing yet),1" of xps foam, plywood sheathing, tyvek, ceder clapboards.We have…

Hi GBA Community, I would love some opinions on insulation/air sealing my old house. I have a 1,800 sqft 1939 tudor revival house with Lannon stone veneer in Madison, WI. We…

Anybody have any tips or ideas for dust free cutting and demoing walls made from plaster with an expanded metal (mesh/diamond) lath?I've (finally) gotten very good at dust-free drywall work:…

I've got a currently vented attic at my house (soffits + ridge vent).  Part of my attic is already finished by the builder, and there's a door that leads to…

This method of installing continuous exterior insulation uses either spray foam or blown-in material over a patented bracketing system for a streamlined approach

Hi, I'm insulating a few triangular exterior walls as part of my "devils triangle" retrofits. 1922 house, zone 5B, almost 6B, northern CO. Relatively small interior fixes so not involving…

Hi.Longtime poster, occasional return visitor. Recipient of a few Q&A Spotlights. Availability of materials where I am, in the CA high desert, is a mixed bag. Even Rockwool is tough to…

Many deparments of permitting are now requiring compliance with IECC 2018. According to the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), the air infiltration requirement for windows is a maximum of…

I'm looking for some suggestions/comments for insulating a detached garage with a modified parallel chord truss roof, as shown in the attached picture.  The garage will be fully drywalled, and…

Hello.South Louisiana home constructed approximately 1867.The question relates ONLY to the front wall of the home which is approximately 12′ high (interior) x 36′ wide (interior). The front wall has…

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